Hi! On 02/12/2018 23:58, Noel Butler wrote: > On 02/12/2018 11:00, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> There's an extensive email etiquette post somewhere on the net >> explaining why setting 'reply-to' to the list is a bad idea. > > Lots of posts around about this, all self serving :) > > There may of course be an RFC floating around, but I admit to never > having bothered to look, because good netizens reply to list, lists are
Good netizens also check and edit the To: and Cc: lines. > public, they are for the masses - the membership - the subscriber base, > never seen the point in replying privately to a list post, since the Lots of people actually ignore private questions in such public "environments" - simply because of the said reasons (and to make the time more useful). > answer deprives the list membership of, the answer, so you avoid getting > 1500 people ask the same damn question. Especially since search engines make it much more easier to find questions/problems and answers/solutions in mailing list archives. MfG, Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : be...@petrovitsch.priv.at LUGA : http://www.luga.at